Childcare in the first 2 years of life reduces the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia [2]

Leukemia

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 189-193

  Kamper Jorgensen M ^a   Woodward, A ^b   Wohlfahrt, J ^a   Benn, C S ^a   Simonsen, J ^a   Hjalgrim, H ^a   Schmiegelow, K ^c  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 12; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 21; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PATERNAL AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 38349035678     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: 14765551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2404884     Document Type: Letter

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